On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]
1990Gavin Hoyte, English born footballer who represented Trinidad and Tobago[†]
Gavin Andrew Hoyte is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Isthmian League South East Division club Sittingbourne. Born in England, he has represented the Trinidad and Tobago national team.
1990Anthony Rendon, American baseball player[†]
Anthony Michael Rendon is an American baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Washington Nationals and was a member of the Nationals' 2019 World Series championship team.
1990Pape Souaré, Senegalese footballer[†]
Pape N'Diaye Souaré is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
LEAD: Gov. Mario M. Cuomo accepted the Democratic nomination for a third term today and responded with a 55-minute speech that often sounded as though he was running for the White House rather than the Statehouse.
LEAD: The 10 of us have ridden for more than a half hour, going nowhere as usual. While pedaling, we have also been lifting weights and trying to dance. There are things to be thankful for: we haven't fallen off, it will all be over in a half-century (er, half-hour) and no part of our body is in particular pain.
LEAD: The Commerce Department told U S West Inc. yesterday that the Government opposed a project to build a fiber-optic cable communications system across the Soviet Union, linking Japan and Europe.
LEAD: The House of Representatives today approved a bill intended to enhance the competitiveness of American companies by limiting their liability for antitrust violations, over the objections of foreign investors who would not receive the legislation's benefits.
LEAD: For years, voters and opposition parties have suspected that Mexican Government funds are routinely used to finance the slick election campaigns of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party. Now for the first time there appears to be proof of such illegal diversion, and a political scandal has been set off.
LEAD: After facing one of the most violent modern labor strikes, Greyhound Lines Inc. now is headed for another rough ride in bankruptcy court.
LEAD: Sales of domestically produced cars fell 6 percent in May, as seven months of sluggish consumer demand showed a faint sign of revival during the last 10 days of the month. Sales of domestically produced light trucks rose nine-tenths of 1 percent for the 10-day period.
LEAD: A WINE-BOTTLING line is noisy. As the bottles bump along the metal belt waiting their turn to be filled, they clank, rattle and crash into one another, setting up a terrible din.
LEAD: Rebel forces captured the rubber plantation that is Liberia's biggest employer and several other important Government strongholds yesterday, and began moving southwest toward the international airport.
LEAD: THE number of cookbooks focusing on other times and places grows with each season. Many such books, happily, are first-rate, intelligent and informed, with a range of coherent recipes. A few, alas, are not.
LEAD: A conflict between the White House and Congress over the trade accord signed at the Washington summit meeting was averted today when the Soviet Parliament said it would probably not take up a new law permitting unfettered emigration until September.